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Certificate is decorated with printed colored DeMolay seal, embossed in gold, purple printed image of mythological figure on top of world. It is signed by the Grand Master and Grand Secretary.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert O. Ralston Collection contains honorary certificates, photographs and miscellaneous items. The honorary certificates are from Masonic bodies around the world. Approximately half the series is certificates given to Ralston from various U.S. lodges or valleys. The remaining certificates are from the numerous countries, predominantly European and Central and South American Supreme Councils, which Ralston visited. The material dates from 1974-2003 with the bulk of the items dated...

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Appointment for one year for Division of Intendant General at Large issued to Ralston. Certificate is decorated with KRCC seal embossed in gold at lower left, KRCC logo printed in red at top center. It is signed by Grand Sovereign and Grand Recorder.

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Appointment for one year for Division of The Grand Council at Large issued to Ralston. Certificate is decorated with affixed gold KRCC seal at lower left, KRCC logo printed in red at top center. It is signed by Grand Sovereign and Grand Recorder.

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Appointment for one year Division of at Large issued to Ralston. Certificate is decorated with affixed gold KRCC seal at lower left, KRCC logo printed in red at top center. It is signed by Grand Sovereign and Grand Recorder.

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Appointment for one year Division of Grand Cooncil at Large issued to Ralston. Certificate is decorated with affixed gold KRCC seal at lower left, KRCC logo printed in red at top center. It is signed by Grand Sovereign and Grand Recorder.

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Certificate is decorated with the Knights of Templar Eye Foundation seal and York Rite symbol.

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Ralston elected honorary member of ROJ, Boston Court No. 103. Certificate is decorated with printed color image of Boston landscape, pot of Boston beans, tall ship, crowned jester with trumpet, and gravestone. The ROJ is a Masonically allied fraternal organization.

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Certificate is decorated with printed blue border, blue and yellow ribbon affixed with blue seal at lower left. It is signed by the Gudfader. There is an explanation of certificate on back. Origins of the Svenska Mafia was a result of retiring Deputy Grand Master of the Waltham, Ma., 5th Masonic District. This is not a Masonic body but an °allied organization."

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Ralston was presented by the Scottish Rite Bodies. Certificate is decorated with Massachusetts Consistory seal at bottom center, border of green, gold and black.